Mask || BTS Demon!AU

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"It's not a thought, it's a feeling." Jungkook protested, but Yoongi held up his hand and shook his head, so Jungkook closed his mouth again.

"Hyung..." Jimin spoke up, frowning at Yoongi. There was a look of disappointment on his face, but Yoongi completely ignored it, didn't even feel the pang of realization when he looked at Jimin's face. Usually, he would've felt bad if any of the members looked at him like that.

"I'm going home," Yoongi said, loud enough for all six members to hear him. "The rest of the schedule is producing for me and I started early today anyway. If you need me, just call. I'll leave my phone on."

There was no time for the members to protest or call out for him, because he quickly left the dance practice room and stomped his way to the elevator. Yoongi wasn't only stomping off because he felt wronged, he also did because of the look on Jungkook's face. He was somehow really making the maknae uncomfortable...

Better keep his distance then, right?

He walked home, not bothering to call for a taxi. He had to hide his face behind a mask, though, otherwise he would be spotted by fans. And if he already gave Jungkook off vibes, he didn't want to come across as strange to his fans as well.

Luckily no one recognized him and he actually had a great walk through the neighbourhood. The weather wasn't sunny, which was probably the reason why the outside schedule had been canceled, but it wasn't cold either and there was no rain. The perfect weather for a walk! Yoongi could almost hear Namjoon say it. Though he remembered that Namjoon actually liked walking through the rain.

When Yoongi arrived at their house, he let out a relieved sigh. The other members would probably be practicing for a few more hours, so he could just relax and do his own work that he didn't necessarily have to do at the genius lab but could also be done from home. The thought didn't even cross his mind that he was all by himself again...alone...

In his room, he took out his laptop and hesitated for a moment to start working. There was something he'd wanted to look up since this morning, but he was scared of what he'd find. He did it anyway, typing the words 'schizophrenia signs' and looking at the millions of results that came up. Did he really think this could be a possibility? Him having schizophrenia? He did see and hear things that the other members hadn't...that seemed to disappear the moment other people came nearby...but how could he all of a sudden develop something like that? Out of nowhere?

One of the first symptoms that popped up was 'delusions'. Was that different from hallucinations? Yoongi read the information and frowned. Delusions were false beliefs, thinking you're being harmed, that someone is in love with you, that something awful is about to happen. Yoongi didn't have that, did he?

Yoongi read the other signs of having schizophrenia, but no. He really couldn't place them, except for the hallucinations. Then what...what could cause hallucinations – if they were, truly, not real – and why was he having them now?

With a frustrated sigh, he closed his laptop and walked out of his room, into the kitchen. He grabbed something to drink and sat down on the couch, looking at his phone. He had multiple messages from Jimin, a few in their group chat, and one from Jungkook. He opened Jimin's messages first.

Jiminie

15:33 Hyung, we're not angry with you, you can come back if you want

15:33 I know there is something you want to talk about

15:33 If you want, we can talk about it privately, without the other members

15:34 Just tell me if you need to talk